“That as this settlement is in its infancy unknown to Government and not included within any County within North Carolina the State to which it belongs so as to derive the advantages of those wholesome and salutary laws for the protection and...

we can find none. From which we conclude that it would not be prudent to make the attempt, and are determined, knowing ourselves to be in such imminent danger, to pursue our journey down the river. After trimming our boats in the best manner...

Ward notes that he is in good health and wishes the same for her. He reports that he has been "on scout for six days to see if we could find eney [sic] rebels." He explains the prisoner exchange at New Orleans and asks his mother to give his best...